Show Review: Royal International Air Tattoo 2023
During July RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire becomes a hive of activity as the Royal International Air Tattoo takes place. One of the largest military airshows in the world is held …
Articles
Trip Report: SAR Katwijk
In another example of how this relentless pursuit is just so addictive. I’d like to share my story of how I got the images featured in this post. SAR Katwijk …
Trip Report: Italy 2023
The rumours of a grand Italian celebration for the Aeronautica Militare centenary were flying around even before the RAF 100 was over and done with. A show that had so …
Museum Review: National Museum of Military History, Sofia, Bulgaria
Located on a side road in a suburb of Sofia, Close to the Borisova Gradina Park. The National Museum of Military History documents the history of all three of the …
Trip Report : Cologne Airport
Article originally published by Aviation News in January 2023 Cologne Bonn Airport or to give the airport’s full name of Köln- Bonn Konrad Adenauer Airport (IATA: CGN, ICAO: EDDK) …
Show Review: Bristol International Balloon Fiesta 2022
After a 3-year absence due to the onset of the covid-19 pandemic, the well renowned and popular Bristol International Balloon Fiesta made a welcome return from Thursday 11th to Sunday …
Article: 736 Naval Air Squadron and the Hawk T1
Its the 1st March 2022 and the sea fog is rolling in off the English channel, on a quiet corner of RNAS Culdrose lies the hangar of 736 Naval Air …
Article: Historic Helicopters
Tucked away in the rolling hills of Somerset just off the A30 between Chard and Crewkerne lies Whitehouse Farm home to the Chard Equestrian Centre, but also home to one …
Show Review: Bristol International Balloon Fiesta 2021
August in Bristol can only mean one thing, the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta. Now in its 42nd year, the fiesta was dreamt up by Don Cameron and friends and is …
Museum Review : Flambards
Flambards, just outside Helston in Cornwall, opened under the name Cornwall Aero Park and was founded by Lt. Cdr. Douglas Kingsford Hale MBE, a retired Fleet Air Arm pilot who …
Article: PytchAir
When Boeing 727-46 VP-CMN left Filton in 2012 I don’t think anyone would have thought that it would be returning to Bristol in 2021. But thanks to Brislington based Pytch …
Article: Deputy Secretary of Defense Visits RAF Fairford
On a very damp Monday afternoon in October SAM 606 touched down on Runway 27 at Royal Air Force Fairford carrying The Honourable David L. Norquist, the Deputy Secretary of …
Show Review: Bristol International Balloon Fiesta 2020
It was inevitable that an event that attracts half a million visitors to Ashton Court Estate, Bristol over a four day period would get cancelled because of the COVID19 Pandemic. …
Museum Review: The Helicopter Museum
Having closed its doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic on the 21st March 2020 it was great to hear that the government was lifting restrictions on museums and other public …
Article: Flybe 1979-2020
Starting in 1979 as Jersey European Airways, Flybe, with its headquarters and maintenance facility being located in Exeter, has always had a strong connection to the South West with flights …
Article: Cheltenham Gold Cup 2020
The Cheltenham Gold Cup Festival in March 2020 was the last major sporting event to take place in the south west before the very necessary measures were introduced to stop …
Article: Great Western Air Ambulance Charity
Twelve years ago, the Bristol, Bath and Gloucestershire area was the last in mainland Great Britain not to have an Air Ambulance. Roll on to 2020 and the Great Western …
Trip Report: Estonia 2019
In the year in which the Estonian Air Force celebrates its 100th anniversary and NATO celebrates its 70th South West Aviation Photographers sent Matt Sudol to the Baltic state to spend …
Military Exercise: Bomber Force Deployment 20-1
Almost as soon as the the previous B-2 Spirit deployment was over so the second B-52 deployment of 2019 to RAF Fairford was underway, with four of the eight-engine strategic …
Article: The End of Old Sarum
After 102 years of operations. flying from the World War One grass airfield came to a close on the 31st October 2019. Flying at Old Sarum started in August 1917 …